Philosophical Quotes
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.
Aures habent et non audient' - 'They have ears but hear not
You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.
A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches
We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things that are not seen are eternal.
It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
You know you've completely descended into madness when the matter of shampoo has ascended to philosophical heights.
For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize... They were pursuing science in order to know, and not for any utilitarian end.
for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use
The study of the human brain and its disease remains one of the greatest scientific and philosophical challenges ever undertaken.
The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French. It never had any philosophical view of a language as such.
There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.
Put a chair against the door, and turn the lights down low Write a letter to yourself, no one will ever know
O Heaven, it is mysterious, it is awful to consider that we not only carry each a future Ghost within him; but are, in very deed, Ghosts!
You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them originally from verbal disputes
For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight.
Art has no need of philosophical arguments, it does not follow the signposts of philosophical systems; Art like life, dictates systems to philosophy.
The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
You are protected. But if you don't take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of philosophical speculation.
To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian.
I figured out some basic stuff: that form and colour defines your perception of the nature of an object, whether or not it is intended to.
Passion, manners, and 80 ounces of beer will win the heart of any woman. And if it doesn't, you'll be too hammered to remember.
I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social.
Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.
Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution.
I can’t think of a more philosophical time in a person’s life than when they are children. It’s the one time when ideas are really beautiful and amazing and all-encompassing. They are life.